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<h2>Pink Slips</h2>
					<h1>Layoff Tracker</h1>
	 <cite>Compiled by Klaus Kneale</cite>,
<span class="date">02.06.09, 03:20 PM EST</span>
<h2 class="storyDek">Allergan fires 460; Cisco Systems cuts 2,000; PNC Financial pink-slips 5,800.</h2>
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<strong>Number of layoffs since Nov. 1, 2008, at America's 500 largest public companies*:</strong>
</p><div class="layoffNum">382,691</div><p>
<strong>Latest layoffs:</strong>
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<td class="header"><strong>Date</strong></td><td class="header"><strong>Company</strong></td><td class="header"><strong>Total Laid Off</strong></td><td class="header"><strong>Industry</strong></td>
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            <td class="r1">MM/DD/YYYY</td>
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<td class="r1">2/6/2009</td><td class="r1">Weyerhaeuser</td><td class="r1">300</td><td class="r1">Materials</td>
</tr>
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<td class="r1">2/5/2009</td><td class="r1">Estee Lauder</td><td class="r1">2,000</td><td class="r1">Personal Products</td>
</tr>
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<td class="r1">2/5/2009</td><td class="r1">Fortune Brands </td><td class="r1">136</td><td class="r1">Consumer Durables</td>
</tr>
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<td class="r1">2/5/2009</td><td class="r1">News Corp.</td><td class="r1">25</td><td class="r1">Media</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">2/5/2009</td><td class="r1">Allergan</td><td class="r1">460</td><td class="r1">Pharmaceuticals</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">2/4/2009</td><td class="r1">Time Warner</td><td class="r1">2,750</td><td class="r1">Media</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">2/4/2009</td><td class="r1">Cisco Systems </td><td class="r1">2,000</td><td class="r1">Technology</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">2/3/2009</td><td class="r1">Bancshares</td><td class="r1">500</td><td class="r1">Banking</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">2/3/2009</td><td class="r1">Electronic Arts</td><td class="r1">1,100</td><td class="r1">Software</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">2/3/2009</td><td class="r1">PNC Financial Services<br>
</td><td class="r1">5,800</td><td class="r1">Banking</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">2/3/2009</td><td class="r1">Comcast</td><td class="r1">50</td><td class="r1">Media</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">2/2/2009</td><td class="r1">Goodrich</td><td class="r1">35</td><td class="r1">Aerospace</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">2/2/2009</td><td class="r1">Macy's</td><td class="r1">7,000</td><td class="r1">Retailing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/30/2009</td><td class="r1">Sears Holdings<br>
</td><td class="r1">300</td><td class="r1">Retailing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/30/2009</td><td class="r1">Caterpillar</td><td class="r1">22,924</td><td class="r1">Capital Goods</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/29/2009</td><td class="r1">Broadcom<br>
</td><td class="r1">200</td><td class="r1">Semiconductors</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/29/2009</td><td class="r1">International Gaming Technology </td><td class="r1">200</td><td class="r1">Leisure</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/29/2009</td><td class="r1">Textron</td><td class="r1">4,665</td><td class="r1">Conglomerates</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/29/2009</td><td class="r1">Ford</td><td class="r1">3,800</td><td class="r1">Durables</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/29/2009</td><td class="r1">Eastman Kodak</td><td class="r1">4,500</td><td class="r1">Household</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/29/2009</td><td class="r1">Black and Decker</td><td class="r1">1,200</td><td class="r1">Household</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/29/2009</td><td class="r1">Walt Disney </td><td class="r1">1,200</td><td class="r1">Media</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/28/2009</td><td class="r1">Starbucks </td><td class="r1">6,700</td><td class="r1">Restaurants</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/28/2009</td><td class="r1">Boeing</td><td class="r1">10,000</td><td class="r1">Aerospace</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/27/2009</td><td class="r1">Target </td><td class="r1">1,000</td><td class="r1">Retailing</td>
</tr>
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<tr>
<td class="r1">1/27/2009</td><td class="r1">Masco </td><td class="r1">600</td><td class="r1">Construction</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/26/2009</td><td class="r1">IBM </td><td class="r1">2,800</td><td class="r1">Software</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/26/2009</td><td class="r1">Texas Instruments<br>
</td><td class="r1">3,400</td><td class="r1">Semiconductors</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/26/2009</td><td class="r1">Lincoln National<br>
</td><td class="r1">540</td><td class="r1">Insurance</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/26/2009</td><td class="r1">General Motors</td><td class="r1">9,758</td><td class="r1">Durables</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/26/2009</td><td class="r1">Home Depot </td><td class="r1">7,000</td><td class="r1">Retailing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/26/2009</td><td class="r1">Pfizer </td><td class="r1">19,800</td><td class="r1">Pharmaceuticals</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/26/2009</td><td class="r1">Sprint Nextel</td><td class="r1">8,000</td><td class="r1">Telecommunications</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/23/2009</td><td class="r1">Abercrombie & Fitch</td><td class="r1">50</td><td class="r1">Retailing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/23/2009</td><td class="r1">Deere & Company</td><td class="r1">662</td><td class="r1">Capital Goods</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/23/2009</td><td class="r1">Harley-Davidson</td><td class="r1">1,100</td><td class="r1">Consumer Durables</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/22/2009</td><td class="r1">Microsoft </td><td class="r1">5,000</td><td class="r1">Software</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/22/2009</td><td class="r1">Huntsman </td><td class="r1">1,665</td><td class="r1">Chemicals</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/21/2009</td><td class="r1">Burlington Santa Fe </td><td class="r1">2,500</td><td class="r1">Transportation</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/21/2009</td><td class="r1">UAL </td><td class="r1">1,000</td><td class="r1">Transportation</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/21/2009</td><td class="r1">SPX </td><td class="r1">400</td><td class="r1">Conglomerates</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/21/2009</td><td class="r1">Intel </td><td class="r1">5,000</td><td class="r1">Semiconductors</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/21/2009</td><td class="r1">Walt Disney<br>
</td><td class="r1">600</td><td class="r1">Media</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/21/2009</td><td class="r1">Wynn Resorts<br>
</td><td class="r1">53</td><td class="r1">Leisure</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/21/2009</td><td class="r1">Eaton</td><td class="r1">5,609</td><td class="r1">Capital Goods</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/20/2009</td><td class="r1">Clear Channel</td><td class="r1">1,850</td><td class="r1">Media</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/20/2009</td><td class="r1">Deere & Co. </td><td class="r1">160</td><td class="r1">Capital Goods</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/16/2009</td><td class="r1">ConocoPhillips</td><td class="r1">1,300</td><td class="r1">Oil & Gas</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/16/2009</td><td class="r1">Hertz Global Holdings</td><td class="r1">4,000</td><td class="r1">Business Services</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/16/2009</td><td class="r1">WellPoint</td><td class="r1">600</td><td class="r1">Health Care</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/16/2009</td><td class="r1">Advanced Micro Devices</td><td class="r1">1,700</td><td class="r1">Semiconductors</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/15/2009</td><td class="r1">Xerox</td><td class="r1">275</td><td class="r1">Business Services</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/15/2009</td><td class="r1">MeadWestvaco</td><td class="r1">2,000</td><td class="r1">Materials</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/15/2009</td><td class="r1">Autodesk </td><td class="r1">750</td><td class="r1">Software</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/15/2009</td><td class="r1">Marshall & Ilsley</td><td class="r1">830</td><td class="r1">Banking</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/15/2009</td><td class="r1">General Electric</td><td class="r1">1,000</td><td class="r1">Conglomerates</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/14/2009</td><td class="r1">Ecolab</td><td class="r1">1,000</td><td class="r1">Chemicals</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/14/2009</td><td class="r1">Delta Air Lines</td><td class="r1">2,000</td><td class="r1">Transportation</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/14/2009</td><td class="r1">Motorola </td><td class="r1">4,000</td><td class="r1">Technology</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/14/2009</td><td class="r1">Google</td><td class="r1">100</td><td class="r1">Software</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/13/2009</td><td class="r1">KeyCorp</td><td class="r1">200</td><td class="r1">Banking</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/13/2009</td><td class="r1">Newell Rubbermaid</td><td class="r1">75</td><td class="r1">Household</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/13/2009 </td><td class="r1">Cummins</td><td class="r1">1,300</td><td class="r1">Capital Goods</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/12/2009 </td><td class="r1">Mosaic </td><td class="r1">1,000 </td><td class="r1">Chemicals </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/12/2009 </td><td class="r1">Best Buy </td><td class="r1">500 </td><td class="r1">Retailing </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/12/2009 </td><td class="r1">Precision Castparts </td><td class="r1">40 </td><td class="r1">Defense </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/9/2009</td><td class="r1">Oracle</td><td class="r1">500</td><td class="r1">Software</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/9/2009</td><td class="r1">Smithfield Foods</td><td class="r1">75</td><td class="r1">Food</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/9/2009</td><td class="r1">Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold</td><td class="r1">2,750</td><td class="r1">Materials</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/8/2009</td><td class="r1">Union Pacific </td><td class="r1">230</td><td class="r1">Transportation</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/8/2009</td><td class="r1">General Dynamics </td><td class="r1">179</td><td class="r1">Defense</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/7/2009</td><td class="r1">Walgreen</td><td class="r1">1,000</td><td class="r1">Retailing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/7/2009</td><td class="r1">EMC</td><td class="r1">2,400</td><td class="r1">Technology</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/6/2009</td><td class="r1">Alcoa</td><td class="r1">13,500</td><td class="r1">Materials</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/5/2009 </td><td class="r1">Cigna </td><td class="r1">1,100 </td><td class="r1">Health Care </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">1/5/2009 </td><td class="r1">United States Steel</td><td class="r1">4,225</td><td class="r1">Materials </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/31/2008</td><td class="r1">Mohawk Industries</td><td class="r1">160</td><td class="r1">Consumer Durables</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/31/2008</td><td class="r1">Tyson Foods </td><td class="r1">120</td><td class="r1">Food</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/31/2008</td><td class="r1">Target</td><td class="r1">132</td><td class="r1">Retailing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/30/2008</td><td class="r1">Allegheny Technologies</td><td class="r1">323</td><td class="r1">Materials</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/30/2008</td><td class="r1">Motorola </td><td class="r1">400</td><td class="r1">Technology</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/23/2008</td><td class="r1">ULA (Boeing, Lockheed Martin)</td><td class="r1">172</td><td class="r1">Joint Venture</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/23/2008</td><td class="r1">Johnson Controls</td><td class="r1">125</td><td class="r1">Consumer Durables</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/23/2008</td><td class="r1">Las Vegas Sands</td><td class="r1">11,500</td><td class="r1">Leisure</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/22/2008</td><td class="r1">Parker-Hannifin</td><td class="r1">405</td><td class="r1">Capital Goods</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/19/2008</td><td class="r1">Genworth Financial</td><td class="r1">1,000</td><td class="r1">Insurance</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/19/2008</td><td class="r1">Sovereign Bancorp </td><td class="r1">1,000</td><td class="r1">Banking</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/18/2008</td><td class="r1">Omnicom Group</td><td class="r1">3,145</td><td class="r1">Media</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/17/2008</td><td class="r1">Ryder System </td><td class="r1">3,100</td><td class="r1">Services</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/17/2008</td><td class="r1">Western Digital</td><td class="r1">2,500</td><td class="r1">Technology</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/17/2008</td><td class="r1">Aetna </td><td class="r1">1,000</td><td class="r1">Health Care</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/17/2008</td><td class="r1">Parker-Hannifin</td><td class="r1">46</td><td class="r1">Capital Goods</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/17/2008</td><td class="r1">Bristol-Myers Squibb</td><td class="r1">3,700</td><td class="r1">Pharmaceuticals</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/16/2008</td><td class="r1">CBS </td><td class="r1">30</td><td class="r1">Media</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/15/2008</td><td class="r1">Merrill Lynch </td><td class="r1">400</td><td class="r1">Financials</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/15/2008 </td><td class="r1">Charles Schwab </td><td class="r1">100 </td><td class="r1">Financials </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/13/2008 </td><td class="r1">Berkshire Hathaway </td><td class="r1">345 </td><td class="r1">Finance </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/12/2008 </td><td class="r1">International Paper </td><td class="r1">2,050 </td><td class="r1">Materials </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/11/2008</td><td class="r1">Bank of America </td><td class="r1">35,000</td><td class="r1">Banking</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/11/2008</td><td class="r1">Whirlpool</td><td class="r1">250</td><td class="r1">Durables</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/10/2008</td><td class="r1">Mohawk Industries</td><td class="r1">105</td><td class="r1">Durables</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/10/2008</td><td class="r1">Procter & Gamble</td><td class="r1">320</td><td class="r1">Household</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/09/2008</td><td class="r1">Praxair</td><td class="r1">1,600</td><td class="r1">Chemicals</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/08/2008</td><td class="r1">Anheuser-Busch Co.</td><td class="r1">1,400</td><td class="r1">Food</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/08/2008</td><td class="r1">3M </td><td class="r1">2,300</td><td class="r1">Conglomerates</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/08/2008</td><td class="r1">Wyndham Worldwide</td><td class="r1">4,000</td><td class="r1">Leisure</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/08/2008</td><td class="r1">Dow Chemical </td><td class="r1">5,000</td><td class="r1">Chemicals</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/05/2008</td><td class="r1">Legg Mason </td><td class="r1">200</td><td class="r1">Financials</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/05/2008</td><td class="r1">Cablevision </td><td class="r1">100</td><td class="r1">Media</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/05/2008</td><td class="r1">Staples </td><td class="r1">140</td><td class="r1">Retailing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/04/2008</td><td class="r1">Steel Dynamics </td><td class="r1">65</td><td class="r1">Materials</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/04/2008</td><td class="r1">Windstream </td><td class="r1">170</td><td class="r1">Telecommunications</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/04/2008</td><td class="r1">General Electric</td><td class="r1">500</td><td class="r1">Conglomerates</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/04/2008</td><td class="r1">E.I. du Pont de Nemours</td><td class="r1">2,500</td><td class="r1">Chemicals</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/04/2008</td><td class="r1">AT&T</td><td class="r1">12,000</td><td class="r1">Telecommunications</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/03/2008</td><td class="r1">United Technologies</td><td class="r1">350</td><td class="r1">Conglomerates</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/03/2008</td><td class="r1">Gannett</td><td class="r1">2,000</td><td class="r1">Media</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/03/2008</td><td class="r1">Adobe Systems</td><td class="r1">600</td><td class="r1">Software</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/03/2008</td><td class="r1">Jefferies Group</td><td class="r1">300</td><td class="r1">Financials</td>
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<td class="r1">12/03/2008</td><td class="r1">Viacom</td><td class="r1">850</td><td class="r1">Media</td>
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<td class="r1">12/01/2008</td><td class="r1">JPMorgan Chase </td><td class="r1">9,200</td><td class="r1">Banking</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="r1">12/01/2008</td><td class="r1">PepsiCo</td><td class="r1">87</td><td class="r1">Food</td>
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<td class="r1">11/25/2008</td><td class="r1">Dana Holding</td><td class="r1">50</td><td class="r1">Durables</td>
</tr>
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<td class="r1">11/24/2008</td><td class="r1">BlackRock</td><td class="r1">10</td><td class="r1">Financials</td>
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<td class="r1">11/21/2008</td><td class="r1">Western Union</td><td class="r1">200</td><td class="r1">Business Services</td>
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<td class="r1">11/20/2008</td><td class="r1">Bank of New York Mellon</td><td class="r1">1,800</td><td class="r1">Banking</td>
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<td class="r1">11/20/2008</td><td class="r1">Boeing</td><td class="r1">800</td><td class="r1">Aerospace</td>
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<td class="r1">11/17/2008</td><td class="r1">Citigroup</td><td class="r1">52,000</td><td class="r1">Banking</td>
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<td class="r1">11/14/2008</td><td class="r1">Sun Microsystems</td><td class="r1">6,000</td><td class="r1">Technology</td>
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<td class="r1">11/12/2008</td><td class="r1">Applied Materials</td><td class="r1">1,800</td><td class="r1">Technology</td>
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<td class="r1">11/12/2008</td><td class="r1">Morgan Stanley</td><td class="r1">2,000</td><td class="r1">Finance</td>
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<td class="r1">11/12/2008</td><td class="r1">Liberty Media</td><td class="r1">910</td><td class="r1">Retailing</td>
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<td class="r1">11/11/2008</td><td class="r1">AK Steel Holding</td><td class="r1">800</td><td class="r1">Materials</td>
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<td class="r1">11/6/2008</td><td class="r1">Mattel</td><td class="r1">1,000</td><td class="r1">Household</td>
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<td class="r1">11/6/2008</td><td class="r1">MGM Mirage</td><td class="r1">400</td><td class="r1">Leisure</td>
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<td class="r1">11/4/2008</td><td class="r1">Hartford Financial Services Group</td><td class="r1">500</td><td class="r1">Finance</td>
</tr>
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<em>*Total announced layoffs at America&#146;s 500 largest public companies as measured by a composite ranking of sales, profits, assets and market value since Nov. 1 2008. Includes layoffs at subsidiaries, joint ventures, and majority owned companies</em>.</p><div id="sponsoredLinks">
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